Associations to the word «Nomenclature»

Wiktionary

NOMENCLATURE, noun. (obsolete) A name.
NOMENCLATURE, noun. A set of names or terms.
NOMENCLATURE, noun. A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.

Dictionary definition

NOMENCLATURE, noun. A system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology".

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan